Heat-labile instruments for use in surgical procedures can be best sterilized by -
High-Yield Explanation
“Ethylene oxide used mainly by industry for the sterilization of plastic and other thermolabile material that cannot withstand heating" - Greenwood 16th /ep. 74.
Other methods for sterilization of heat labile instruments
- Ionizing radiation
- Formaldehyde in combination with subatmospheric steam.